The Spartanburg Vikings won Game 1 of the 2016 season 28-20 over the Summerville Green Wave. Here are some of Clary’s thoughts from the win.
Romain Kelly and Ladarius Jones look like different players. Both have a lot of potential and showed their strengths Friday Night. Jones played very fast and Kelly used his physicality to get open consistently. Both had great TD catches.
William Yex made some really good decisions throughout the game including getting rid of the ball at times. His 1st TD pass to Jones was in perfect stride. I thought his first career start was very good and threw for over 300 yards and had 3 TDs.
Eric Rice and Tommy Washington are so consistent and will be great options on 3rd down all year. Spartanburg has lots of weapons to go to.
The OL was up and down. They created some good holes at time but need to get more of a push. That’ll come with experience.
Connor Shugart is playing with one arm and is still fantastic. He was everywhere Friday night. I can’t wait to see him play with 2 hands.
Ayele Jeter has a very quick first step and will be relied on to be the sack leader in 2016. He was very good Friday night.
Damyjai Foster just does everything. He is the most explosive player on the roster and gets going quicker than anyone I’ve seen in a long time including Tavien Feaster. Keeping him from cramping up over the next few months will be challenging.
NT Josh Villegas had a great game. Between him and Mobley, the Vikings have 2 pretty good NTs.
I can’t wait to see MLB Reggie Anderson get better and better. He can flat out hit you.
Overall the Vikings did a lot of things well but still have a long way to go. Returning players are in new roles and we have a lot of new starters as well. Some guys are playing a lot faster than others. When some of the new guys start playing faster and thinking less, we’ll be a much faster team.
I was VERY impressed with our discipline tonight. Shugart got pushed down after a play and our guys didn’t overreact. It was a big penalty and we didn’t have many at all.
